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For organized labor, the strike at the third largest U.S. metropolitan daily quickly became a cause celebre. More than 10,000 municipal workers and other sympathizers joined strikers in a rally outside News headquarters. Inside, the strikebound paper's editors were frantically offering jobs to reporters at other publications and...
At one drumming session in the municipal-arts center of a Boston suburb, about 50 men sit in a huge circle beating on everything from tom-toms to cowbells and sticks. Their ages range from the 20s to the 60s. A participant has brought his young son with him. Drummers...
In 1980, a storm of anti-tax fervor swept through Massachusetts, culminating in the passage of Proposition 2 1/2, which placed a cap on the amount of property taxes local governments could levy. Since that time, Massachusetts cities and towns have had to rely on a steady flow of of...
Politicians often shoot themselves in the foot, but rarely do they slash their own pocketbooks. Yet New York City Mayor David Dinkins has decided to do just that in the face of a projected $1.7 billion municipal budget gap for this fiscal year and next. Last week Hizzoner imposed a...
The mayor hopes the move will improve the city's financial situation by saving more than $4 million this year and that its symbolism will help New Yorkers accept cuts in city services. "We have no choice but to make our local government fit the size of our local economy...